diff --git a/make-rom.sh b/make-rom.sh
index 814d3cc..f037a6d 100755
--- a/make-rom.sh
+++ b/make-rom.sh
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ export RUSTC_BOOTSTRAP=1
 
 set -exo pipefail
 
-cargo -Z build-std build --release
+cargo -Z build-std build --release "$@"
 
 arm-none-eabi-objcopy -O binary "target/${target}/release/$name" "target/${name}.gba"
 
diff --git a/run-release.sh b/run-release.sh
index 402db85..0c4fce5 100755
--- a/run-release.sh
+++ b/run-release.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
 # terrible
-env RUSTC_BOOTSTRAP=1 cargo -Z build-std run --release
+export RUSTC_BOOTSTRAP=1
+
+set -ex
+exec cargo -Z build-std run --release "$@"
diff --git a/unit-tests.sh b/unit-tests.sh
index 921e8b5..68cc1e3 100755
--- a/unit-tests.sh
+++ b/unit-tests.sh
@@ -13,4 +13,4 @@ if ! which mgba-test-runner; then
   cargo install --git https://github.com/agbrs/agb --rev a7f9fdf01118a7a77d4dcf72f2b74a1961458b36 mgba-test-runner
 fi
 
-cargo -Z build-std test 
+cargo -Z build-std test "$@"